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No. 753,049. l PATBNTBD PEB. 2s, 1904.

' G. H. DE yVINE &-A.'BAUMANN.

CLOTHES LINE HOLDER. APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 4, 190s.

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' UNITED STATES Patented February 23, 1904.

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GEORGE H. DE VTNE AND ALBERT BAUMANN, OE JERSEY CITY, NEW

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SPECIFICATION forming part 'of Letters Patent No. 753,049, dated February 23, 1904. Application filed September 4, 1903- Serial No. 171,923, (No model.) A i To @ZZ whom; tt pray concern: Y

Beit known that we, GEORGE H. DEVINE s and ALBERT BAUL/Lann, citizens of the United yAnother purpose of .thel invention is to so construct and mount the device that after the clothes have been placed upon a line thelde-vl vice and that 'portion of the line supported therebycan be swung out from the room and will beheld in its outer position by the weight of theclothes on the line. 'i t. f

The invention consists inthe novel construcr tion and combination of the several parts, as

will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out inthe claims. p

Reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of 'a portion of the exterior of a building and av perspective View of the device, one end of which is shown extending into a room through a windowopening. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device and a section through that portion of a building to which the device is applied, showing the manner in which the device is locked in position for hanging out or taking in clothes. Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse section taken practically on the line 3'3 of Fig. 2, and Fig.

4 is a perspective view of the pivotal bracket for the device.

A represents the outer wall of a building, B a window-frame secured therein, and C represents a pivot-pin for the device provided with a pointed shank 10, which shank is adapted to be driven into the wall A. adjacent to a side of the window-frame, asis shown in Fig.

1,` the pin C at such time occupying a vertical position.

, The body-1l of the devic-eis of suitable length to extend within a room through the.

window-openingY and practically a suitabledistance beyond the outer wall of the building, as is shown` in Fig. 1. At the central portion at what may be termed the rear i of the bodyA 11 a horizontal bracket 12 is secured, being at a right'angle to the said body 11, and at or near the outerendof the said bracket an opening 13 is formed, through which the pin C .is adapted to extend, and in this manner the body of ,the device is pivotally attached to jthev building and may be swung so as to extend at a right angle tothe wall ,of the buildingor, may be carried voutward to occupy a practically horizontal position parallel with'thewall.- l

At the outer endl of the body 11' a loop or y,

eye 11i issecured, and at the opposite end of the'said body apulley 15 islmounted to revolve, having a peripheral grove 1,6. This pulley is adapted to be turned byjhand and to that end is provided with a handle 17, lexery. The pulleyT 15 is-mountedon the body 11 by means of a bolt 18, which bolt is passed through the pulleyl and through the body 11,

as shown in Fig. 3, and is provided with a the line is carried through the loop or eye 14.^ The ends of the line are connected in any suit- I able or approved manner, and the outer end of the'line is carried over a pulley attached to any properly-placed support. The clothesline is prevented from leaving the pulley 15 by means of aguide D, (Shown best in Fig. 3.) This guide consists of a vertical member 21 and a lower horizontal member 21, detachably and pivotally connected to the vertical member 21 by preferably a thumb-screw 21h, as is also shown in Fig. 8. The upper portion of the vertical member 21 of this guide device is mounted upon the bolt 1S, and the said vertical member is held in its vertical position through the medium of a rib 22, formed tending from one side adjacent to its periphi upon one vof its side faces, which rib enters a suitable recess in the opposing side of the body 11 of the device, and a nut 23, carried by the bolt 18, is located between the pulley 15 and the vertical member 21 of the guide device. y

Thus it will be observed that the device is exceedingly simple, that it may be quickly placed in position for use, and that it may be as quickly removed when not required, and

when the device has been once placed in position and the line has been properly stretched if the device is not needed it can be simply swung out to a lhorizontal position parallel with the wall A. When, however, the device is in use, either for hanging out clothes or in drawing the clothes toward the operator, the body of the device is made to extend partially within the room and partially out therefrom, as is shown' in Fig. 1, and is held in such position by means of ahook 24, attached to the said body 11 and adapted to enter a suitable eye 24, secured to the inner face of the windowframe B-for example, as is shown in Fig. 2. After the clothes have all been secured on the lower stretch of the line the hook 24 is released from its keeper and the pulley end of the device is then pushed outward, bringing the body horizontally parallel with the wall A of the building, and as the upper stretch of the line passes through the eye or loop 14 the said upper stretch of the line will extend at a right angle from the device and the lower stretch of the line, or that carrying the clothes, will extend correspondingly from the pulley 15, whereby the weight of the clothes or line will serve to hold the device in its outer position. When the clothes are to be removed from the line, the device is again swung within the room at its pulley end and the pulley 15 is turned, causing the lower stretch of the line to move in direction toward the operator and enabling the clothes tobe brought quickly to the window-frame, so that they can be conveniently removed from the line.

It will be observed that as the lower member 211 of the guide D extends transversely beneath the pulley 15 and quite close thereto the line when it is passed over the pulley can not accidentally leave it; but when the line is to be remo'ved the lower member 21 of the guide D can be moved to one side or away from the pulley by loosening the thumb-screw 21h. It is further obvious that after the clothes have been placed on the line and the device is carried to its outer position the window may be closed until the clothes are to be removed from the line. V

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A clothes-line holder consisting of a bodybar provided with a pivot member between its ends, aperipherally-grooved manipulatingpulley mounted at one end of the body-bar, a xed loop-guide for the upper .stretch of the line at the opposite end of the body-bar, and a line-guide carried by the body-bar and adjustable to and from the under portion of the said pulley, as set forth.

2. A clothesline holder, consisting of a body-bar, a bracket extending from one side of the body-bar about centrally between its ends, the bracket having an opening at its outer portion, a pulley mounted to turn at one end of the body-bar, a guide located adjacent to the pulley and comprising a vertical member and an adjustable horizontal member extending beneath the bottom portion of the pulley and' adapted to prevent a line from leavingvthe pulley, and a loop-guide at the opposite end of the said body-bar, adapted to receive the upper stretch of aclothes-line, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE H. DE VINE. ALBERT BAUMANN. Witnesses: Y J. FRED. AcKER, JNO. M. RITTER. v 

